WEC officials today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) bout agreements have been signed for the bantamweight matchup.

WEC 43 takes place Sept. 2 at the Covelli Center in Youngstown, Ohio, and the night’s main card, including an interim lightweight title fight between Donald Cerrone and Benson Henderson, airs on Versus.

WEC officials have not determined whether the Valencia vs. Wheeler bout will be part of the four-fight main card.

Wheeler, currently riding a four-fight win streak, returns to the WEC for the first time since his 1-1 stint with the organization from 2007-2008. After a loss to Ian McCall (the only defeat of his career), “Ox” defeated Del Hawkins at WEC 32 via flying armbar. Since leaving the WEC after the submission victory, it’s been three additional slick finishes for the New Mexico-based Wheeler, who’s stopped his past trio of opponents in an average time of 58 seconds each.

He now meets Valencia, who makes his seventh straight WEC appearance. The longtime King of the Cage fighter debuted with the WEC in 2007 and has posted a .500 record. He recently rebounded from back-to-back losses to Yoshiro Maeda and Dominick Cruz with a unanimous-decision win over Seth Dikun at WEC 38. Valencia has lost five of his previous seven fights before the much-needed win.

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